Old newspapers aren’t just for packing and lining bird cages anymore.
The Whidbey News-Times announced this week a new partnership, bringing new use to the 125-year-old print product.
Starting April 1, the Whidbey News-Times will be printed on new material provided by Zig Zag, the popular maker of smokable rolling papers, allowing readers to read up and then toke up.

The fate of one of Whidbey Island’s long-standing festivals is up in the air.
Whidbey Island Area Fair’s move to the end of July now conflicts with Greenbank Farm’s annual Loganberry Festival.
The date change prompted Greenbank Farm and Port of Coupeville officials to cancel this year’s festival.

An Oak Harbor man was airlifted with a serious eye injury Wednesday evening after he allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a fence off East Crescent Harbor Road.
The crash took out a regulator station operated by Cascade Natural Gas, causing the evacuation of at least 40 homes in base housing at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

The Penn Cove Water Festival will once again honor the region’s Native American heritage with canoe races, performances and education.
The Water Festival allows Northwest tribes to share their heritage through tribal dancing, singing, storytelling, native artists’ booths and demonstrations.
The event also includes food such as fry bread and salmon cooked over an alder wood fire.